New York City housing advocate Patrick Markee’s new book, Placeless: Homelessness in the New Gilded Age, looks at homelessness through the lens of housing affordability. Homelessness, which affects millions across the United States, “has roots in structural economic changes, right-wing economic policies and systemic racism,” explains Markee. “There’s a reason that other advanced capitalist countries in this world … don’t have the levels of homelessness that we have, and that’s because, there, government plays a much larger role in creating and even owning affordable housing.”
In Gulf leaders' techno-optimist view, AI revolutionizes our lives, leaving us with more money to spend enjoying ourselves, including on entertainment.
Parvara, a mountain retreat in the northern emirate of Fujairah in the UAE, is the latest resort in the region to offer an alternative to glitzy hotels in capital cities.